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Python
Jupyter
Bash
R
SQL
HTML/CSS


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Foreign Language

Fluent in Spanish

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See full CV at hughcross.github.io/cv for more complete list of positions and publications.

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Hugh Cross

I am a computational biologist with a background in ecology and evolutionary genetics. I work on projects across the tree of life, utilising many kinds of data and multiple approaches. With biodiversity studies as a centerpoint, I have naturally come to specialise in metagenomics research. To study any environment is to study a community of genes engaged in molecular dialogues–both within and between species, and this requires a community of researchers working together. I hope to find this team.

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Columbia University

New York, NY

2003

M.Sc., Plant Breeding and Genetics

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

1998

B.A., Anthropology

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO

1993

Selected Positions

Bioinformatician

Department of Anatomy, University of Otago

N/A

Present - 2017

  • Conducting bioinformatic analyses on several projects in the department, including on genome and transcriptome assembly and annotation, gene expression, population and phylogenetic research
  • Training staff and students in basic and advanced data analysis methods

Scientist

Department of Forest Health, Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)

N/A

2017 - 2013

  • Primary responsibility was conducting bioinformatic analyses on several projects in the department of Forest Health at the institute, including genome and transcriptome assembly, gene expression, population and phylogenetic research of plants, animals, and fungus, and metagenomics

Molecular Botanist

State Herbarium of South Australia

N/A

2013 - 2008

  • Conducted research in all areas of plant and fungal genomics, including genomic, transcriptomic, and bioinformatic applications for biodiversity and ecology
  • Main coordinator for DNA Barcoding projects
  • Trained and consulted with staff for next generation sequencing research

Selected Publications



Publications Overview:

Molecular underpinnings of long-term methyl jasmonate-induced resistance in Norway spruce

Plant Cell & Environment 43: 1827-1843.

N/A

2020

  • Magerøy, M., Wilkinson, S., Tengs, T., Cross, H.B., Almvik, M., Petriacq, P., Vivian-Smith, A., Zhao, T., Fossdal, C.G., Krokene, P.

Stress, novel sex genes and epigenetic reprogramming orchestrate socially-controlled sex change

Science Advances 7 eaaw7006

N/A

2020

  • Todd, E.V., Ortega-Recalde, O., Liu, H., Lamm, M.S., Rutherford, K.M., Cross, H.B., Black, M.A., Kardailsky, O., Marshall Graves, J.A., Hore, T.A., Godwin, J.R., Gemmell, N.J.

Fungal diversity and seasonal succession in ash leaves infected by the invasive ascomycete Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

New Phytologist, 213(3): 1405-1417

N/A

2017

  • Cross, H.B., Sønstebø, J.H., Nagy, N.E., Timmermann, V., Solheim, H., Børja, I., Kauserud, H., Carlsen, T., Rzepka, B., Wasak, K., Vivian-Smith, A., Hietala, A.M.

Effective application of next generation sequencing (NGS) approaches in systematics and population genetics - case studies in Eucalyptus and Acacia

Australian Systematic Botany 29(3): 235-246

N/A

2016

  • Cross, H.B., Biffin, E., van Dijk, K., Lowe, A., Waycott, M.

Distribution and abundance of the introduced ectomycorrhizal fungus, Amanita phalloides, in North America

New Phytologist 185: 803-816

N/A

2010

  • Wolfe B.E., Richard, F., Cross, H.B., and Pringle A.

The ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita phalloides was introduced and is expanding its range on the west coast of North America

Molecular Ecology 18: 817-833

N/A

2009

  • Pringle, A., Rachel I. Adams, R. I., Cross, H.B., Bruns, T.D.

The ecological implications of a Yakutian mammoth’s last meal

Quaternary Research 69: 361-376

N/A

2008

  • van Geel, B., Aptroot, A., Baittinger, C., Birks, H.H., Bull, I.D., Kompanje, E.J.O., Cross, H.B., Evershed, R.P., Gravendeel, B., Kuperus, P., Nierop, K.G.J., Mol, D., Pals, J.P., Tikhonov, A. N., van Reenen, G., and van Tienderen, P.H.

Selected Teaching and Presentations

Instructor, Workshop in Environmental DNA

University of Otago

Dunedin & Auckland, NZ

Present - 2019

  • Designed from bottom up course to teach methods & concepts for eDNA metabarcoding

Instructor, Software/Data Carpentry

University of Otago

Dunedin, NZ

Present - 2018

  • Teaching basic and advanced bioinformatic skills using live coding in a team-teaching environment

Exploring plant genomic biodiversity in South Australia

Presented at the CBA Biodiversity Genomics Conference, Canberra, Australia

N/A

2013

  • Cross, H.B., Biffin, E., van Dijk, K. Waycott, M.

Tales from the cryptogams, fungal DNA from museum collections

Plenary speaker at the Fourth International Barcode of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia

N/A

2011

  • Cross, H.B., Pringle, A.

Utilizing Grass DNA barcodes to Explore Australian Ecosystems

Presented at the International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia

N/A

2011

  • Cross, H.B., Murphy, D., Brown, A., Gardner, S., Syme, A., Jardine, D., Cantrill, D., Lowe, A.J.